Social entrepreneurship in the rural areas - a sports club's mobilisation of people, money and social capital
| Autor: | Yvonne von Friedrichs, Olof Wahlberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Economic growth Entrepreneurship Embeddedness 05 social sciences Social change Voluntary sector Social entrepreneurship 0502 economics and business 050211 marketing Club Sociology Business and International Management Community development 050203 business & management Social capital |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 29:199 |
| ISSN: | 1741-8054 1476-1297 |
| DOI: | 10.1504/ijesb.2016.078706 |
| Popis: | This paper is about the growth, roots and concerns of social entrepreneurship in a small, peripheral society, where the sports club has taken over common public responsibilities and become a change agent for the community development. The aim is to contribute to the knowledge about the conditions and challenges of social entrepreneurship when the voluntary sector in the form of a sports club takes over traditional public commitments in small, rural societies. An exploratory case study approach is used. The club's social embeddedness is found to have given it credibility in the local society, and its geographical proximity has turned it into a bricoleur, while its ability to mobilise critical resources has been key to its success as a social entrepreneur. The study contributes to the growing field of social entrepreneurship with empirical evidence on how volunteers can serve as important change agents in rural local societies. |
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